Item #04
Date: May 16, 2023
To: Mayor and City Council
From: Vincenzo S. Corazza, Public Works Director
Jim Schaad, City Manager
Subject: Approving SB 1 Road Maintenance and Rehabilitation Project List for 2023-2024 Recommendation:
Pass a Motion to approve the Road Maintenance and Rehabilitation Act (RMRA) proposed project list for Fiscal Year 2023-2024 to be submitted to the California Transportation Commission (CTC).
Rationale for Recommendation:
SB 1 emphasizes the importance of accountability and transparency in the delivery of California's transportation programs. Therefore, in order to be eligible for RMRA funding, statute requires cities and counties to provide basic annual RMRA project reporting to the CTC. Prior to receiving an apportionment of RMRA funds from the State Controller in a fiscal year, the City must submit to the CTC a list of projects proposed to be funded with these funds.
Background:
On April 28, 2017, Governor Edmund G. “Jerry” Brown signed the Road Repair and Accountability Act of 2017, known as Senate Bill 1 (SB1), increasing per gallon fuel excise taxes, diesel fuel sales taxes, and vehicle registration fees with future inflationary adjustments for the purpose of addressing road maintenance, rehabilitation, and roadway safety needs. The State Controller will deposit portions of the new funding into the Road Maintenance and Rehabilitation Account (RMRA), which will be apportioned by formula to eligible cities and counties throughout the year. Funds were apportioned to cities and counties beginning in January 2018.
The City has completed and programed several street projects utilizing the findings made from the Pavement Management Program presented to City Council on April 17, 2018. At that meeting, the City Council directed staff to pursue a maintenance approach that prioritizes the maintenance of streets over the past maintenance and rehabilitation projects to try improving the Pavement Condition Index of the street system as cost effective as possible. This approach focuses on the maintenance of streets in better condition over reconstruction of the failing streets with preventative measures such as micro grinds overlays, rubberized slurry seal and crack sealing.
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On April 16, 2019, City Council approved a list of 2019 projects based on the criteria and authorized the Community Services Department to plans and specifications for the 2019 Resurfacing Project. In September 2019 the first phase of the project was bid out and the work was completed, seal coating of E. 17th Street east of Ramirez Street, but Council decided to truncate the contract to just that segment to reevaluate the scope of the improvements and project list. The revised project list was developed and adopted by the City Council in April 2020. The project was put on hold to wait for the construction of the ATP funded Bike & Pedestrian Improvements Project that was completed in 2021.
The next phase of the SB 1 funded surfacing project was the 2021 SB 1 Pavement Project that paved B Street between 1st and 3rd Streets, 1st Street between B and E Streets, and F Street between 3rd and 6th Streets. This was completed in late 2021.
Discussion & Analysis:
The City is required to submit a proposed project list to the CTC by July 1, 2023 in order to receive RMRA funds for Fiscal Year 2023-2024; once submitted, the City will continue to receive apportionments, currently averaging about $20,000 a month. See attachment for exact apportionments.
A current project list has been developed utilizing the previously approved 2022-2023 projects list that was based on findings made from the Pavement Management Program on April 17, 2018, City Council input, and projects already completed. A few minor corrections were made to this list as well as the resolution that included:
1) Adding the directional “E.” to indicate the official name of numbered streets in East Marysville, e.g. “E. 22nd St”
2) Revising the “17th St – SR 70 to Ramirez St” to say “E. 17th St – Chestnut St to Ramirez St” as E. 17th St does not intersect with SR 70 .
3) Adding language in the Resolution to reflect the 2022-2023 list that stated “Huston St – 16th to 19th St” by stating “Huston St – E. 18th St to E. 19th St” as a new addition since the previous list had “Huston St – E. 16th St to E. 18th St”. While E. 18th St does not intersect with Huston St, the resolution will now correctly show the intent to pave Huston St from E. 16th St to E. 19th St.
The following table represents the planned street maintenance for Fiscal Year 2023/24:
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Project Title Project Description Project Location
Estimated
Useful Life
(Years)
Original
ly Listed
Project
Timelin
e
Potential SB 1
funded
Resurfacing
Segments
Make minor pavement
repairs to the existing
pavement section,
micro grind and
overlay paved surface,
and install new
pavement delineation.
H St. - 3rd St. to 14th St.
D St. – 1st St. to 3rd St.
Yuba St. – 6th St. to 10th St.
Yuba St. – E. 12th St. to E. 17th St.
Ramirez St. – E. 12th St. to E. 24th
St.
20-30
20-30
20-30
20-30
20-30
2019
2019
2020
2020
2020
Mar 2023 -
September
2024
Potential SB 1
funded
Reconstructio
n Segments
Remove or pulverize
pavement section,
regrade and compact,
install new pavement
section, and install
new pavement
delineation.
E. 17th St. – Chestnut St to
Ramirez St.
E. 22nd St. – Ramirez St. to SR
20 14th St. – Levee to E St.
A St. – 4th to 6th St.
Huston St. – E. 16th to E. 19th St.
20-30
20-30
20-30
20-30
20-30
2019
2020
2022
2022
2022
Mar 2023 -
September
2024
Alignment with City Council Goal(s):
Goal #3: Improve Infrastructure
Environmental Review:
This Resolution is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (Pub. Resources Code section 21000 et seq., "CEQA") pursuant to Public Resources Code section 21065 and CEQA Guidelines section 15061(b)(3) because there is no possibility that the activity in question may have a significant effect on the environment.
Fiscal Analysis:
The City is currently estimated to receive a total of $286,046 tax proceeds this Fiscal Year 2022-23 and is projected to receive $326,035 in Fiscal Year 2023-24. Through January 2023, there is a current balance of $447,332 in available SB 1 funds.
Attachment(s):
1) Resolution 2023-XX
2) SB 1 Project Map